Sound Off: Pleasant Surprises

I was going to do a mid-season report card but, as a wise and wonderful woman once told me, “brevity is the soul of wit.” Actually, she said, “holy crap, this is so long!! Who the heck would actually READ this??” In any case, I figured we’d cut to the chase. We all know who’s having a representative year. Let’s give a tip of the hat to guys who have made our season with surprisingly excellent performances. Tell us at the Bronx Block, who do you think is the biggest pleasant surprise of the year? Next week I’ll do biggest disappointments. Surprising Stars: Mike Mussina: You have to start with the star of today’s game. 13-6, 3.26 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, .306 OBP against, are you kidding me? I think we all felt that he was the type of pitcher who had the stuff to make the transition from power pitcher to finesse, but last year was so... [read full story]